Northrop Grumman Corp., Integrated Systems, Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $17,146,324 modification to a previously awarded advanced acquisition contract for additional product, fleet, and engineering investigations support for the full rate production Lot 1 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. The company also was awarded a not-to-exceed $7,474,835 delivery order under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement for the repair of 43 line items on

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Alexandria, Va., was awarded a $7,998,226 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for information technology services for the Pentagon and National Capital Region. The cumulative total face value of this contract is $49,675,273. The Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity.

Motorola Solutions, Columbia, Md., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $16,877,999 for land mobile radio support services. Work will be performed in Kuwait. The Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity.

Archer Western Federal JV, Chicago, Ill., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $16,983,000 for the construction of an unmanned aerial vehicle complex on Fort Campbell, Ky. The Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity.

NextiraOne Federal LLC, Herndon, Va., was awarded a $25,589,368 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity contract for long-term support of the Nortel Networks family of digital telephone switch systems within the Department of Defense. Work will be performed in Herndon, Va.; Bahrain; Japan; and Republic of Korea. The Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity.

Agile Defense Inc., Fairfax, Va., was awarded a cost-plus-award-fee contract with a maximum value of $31,878,082 for unclassified information technology services for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Army Contracting Command, Research Triangle Park, N.C., is the contracting activity.

The advent of social networks is transforming the way the military does business. Net-centric warfare once was in vogue, seeking to capture electrons and raw fiber to transform the way combat was fought. Yet an even more powerful and unanticipated net is making waves in remarkable ways. It is the power of relational networks, fostered by loose ties and catalyzed by the proliferation of quickly evolving online platforms.

With attacks on critical data increasing in numbers, intensity and sophistication, securing networks is becoming a global effort while fostering greater information sharing among agencies, governments and the public and private sectors. The future of cybersecurity offers greater opportunities for industry and greater cooperation on national security and critical infrastructure protection, say executives at some of the largest U.S. defense companies.

The U.S. Transportation Command has taken a novel approach to its Joint Cyber Center, reflecting the unusual needs of this organization that plays a role across U.S. military operations. Officials have found their decisions, such as uniting disparate experts in a single physical location, help save resources while increasing cooperation with the many industry partners that have integral roles in the efforts to keep supplies and people moving.

U.S. military officials envision one day being able to network together virtually all airborne assets, providing data to warfighters in the air, on the ground and at sea, even under the most harsh conditions. Major milestones in the coming months and years will bring that concept closer to a fielded capability.

The U.S. Air Force is looking to overhaul its networking capabilities to meet new taskings in the post-Southwest-Asia era. Limited resources are changing the way the Air Force moves information throughout the battlespace, so the service must confront its challenges through innovative approaches and cooperative efforts.

Fort Bliss, Texas, has installed an unusual mircogrid to help power a dining facility on base, introducing a new approach to the U.S. Army’s efforts to find alternatives to traditional power. The technology is intelligent, optimizing energy usage.

A hand-picked group of Defense Department’s top information technology experts will work with a giant in the cloud computing industry to determine how security will play a part on the military’s migration to the cloud.

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The U.S. Army is procuring Motorola’s WAVE software technology to fill a need for a unified application that links two-way radios, smartphones, telephones and personal computers together for seamless communications. The $14.1 million contract provides the Army with unlimited access to the capability. WAVE will act as the glue to patch together devices normally incapable of communicating with one another.